Superstar Nail Lacquer

Have you heard of this brand before?  I first heard of it on Twitter, from owner Ariana and while I don't consider myself to be very fashionable, I do love reading about it!  Please enjoy the following release about this unique and interesting brand!

Superstar Nail Lacquer is revitalizing the nail polish industry with lustrous hues that portray the latest in both fashion and beauty trends. Ariana Pierce, a budding designer and entrepreneur, created the vibrant and stylish polish collection.

Due to a love for fashion and a passion for couture, Ariana realized there was an element of glamour missing from the nail color market. As she watched and studied the seasonal collections on the runways of today’s top design houses, she longed for a collection of nail lacquer that would bring “haute couture to your hands”.

Having a goal of women everywhere experiencing the excitement and glamour that comes with high fashion, the first Superstar collection debuted in May 2008. It featured vibrant colors to accessorize your hands and coordinate with the fashion trends from top designers such as Diane Von Furstenberg, Michael Kors, Zac Posen, Gucci and Fendi.

Ariana has watched her company grow from a dream to a brand in high demand throughout the beauty industry. Superstar has quickly become the authority as the go-to nail lacquer for top nail techs, models, editors, and celebrities. It is often worn at red carpet events such as the Emmys, Golden Globes, Academy Awards and the BET Awards.

Many Hollywood celebrities like Courtney Cox and Miley Cyrus, to Cheryl Burke and Selena Gomez all love Superstar. Fans in the blogosphere rave about the shades and unanimously agree that its strength is in its fast-drying formula. Popular nail polish blogger, Scrangie, says, “For a new brand, they sure got the nail polish formula right…this polish is near perfect.” Superstar’s unique formula is toluene and formaldehyde free, making it eco-chic, both glamorous and health friendly for your nails. It is toxin-free, made with moms to be in mind. Even if you’re not a mother, it is still fashionable to wear because it is healthy for you. Its colors are aptly named to compliment its moniker. Each color has a title reminiscent of all things fashion and fame. With titles like Paparazzi Pink, Ambitious Blue, Posh Plum, Orangu An A-Lister and Rising Star Razzberry, the brand allows women to fulfill their fashion fantasy by embracing the color and attitude of each uniquely titled hue.

The Superstar brand is the impossible-to-find, true to color lacquer that every style guru is looking for.

Now with more than 40 shades, Superstar Nail Lacquer has a devout following and continues to be a media darling, featured often in magazines such as: Glamour, Uptown, Genlux, OK, US, Life & Style, Ambassador, Twist, LA Splash, LA Signature, InStyle and New York Magazine. 

Why has Superstar seen such great success? It's a great product that touches a common thread in all of us. Superstar is about the intrinsic notion that everyone has an incredible quality that can take them to the top. The key is deciding to be stylish and fearless enough to do so. With its outstanding colors anyone can be transformed into a star. It’s the polish that makes women around the world feel worthy of the red carpet.

Giveaway Update

Thank you to everyone who's supported me!  There were 180 sign ups, and since I had extra entries via Twitter, I'm going to need a day to compile everything.  If you had a duplicate entry, I only counted the last entry.  Meanwhile, I have loads of polish to write about and I've been thinking about posting 2 a day?  Would that be too much for you to read?  I know the 4 posts last Monday was crazy overload for me, so I'm sure it could have been for you too - let me know!

Blogs of Note

Happy Sunday!  Here are 3 more blogs.

First today is Konadomania.  Despite the name, not all her posts are Konad related but there are a lot of them.  She has medium length nails and sometimes has some makeup posts thrown in there too.


Next is Lacquered Literati.  Owner Legra has been on a break, but you can always search the archives.  She has a lot of shimmer polishes and medium length nails.


Last today is Lextard.  Not only does she review nail polish on her medium length nails, but also makeup sometimes.  She pretty much just does straight swatches linked from her Flickr account, but it's still a great read.


Enjoy!

China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le

Check it out!  My bottle is totally floating.


China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le was a blue (yes blue) from the Operation: Colour Fall 2007 collection and requested from reader Brittany, so here you go girl!  Now, I know that China Glaze's own website has this as a purple on their website swatches, but I assure you, it's not purple!  I used a base of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Secret Peri-Wink-Le and a top coat of Seche Vite.  This was an opaque polish but I nicked my index finger as I was walking outside to take pictures.  Also, note that my awesome bottle says "Secrect", not "Secret".  ^_^

In the sun you can see that this polish looks a little thin but really I needed to buff my ridges out (or use a ridge filler, but I prefer buffing).  My bottle is also a little weathered.  I know you can add thinner to thick polishes but sometimes I wonder how to make polishes thicker?  This really wasn't the case here, because it is a great polish even 3 years later.  This was actually the first collection I ever purchased (and I didn't purchase the entire collection!).

In the shade you can see a bit of blurple but it's still way more blue.  It kind of reminds me of a corn silk blue?  Either way, it's a nice creme that would go great with some daisy nail art I think!

China Glaze [official website] can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty [official website], Sally's Beauty Supply [official website] as well asTransDesign [official website].

China Glaze Naughty and Nice

I may or may not have jumped for joy when Mr. FedEx stopped at my house this morning.  The best part is that he honks his horn three times - as to alert me?  Anyway, I threw on clothing (I was in PJs) and ran out there like a kid on Christmas morning (literally).  Yes, it was my China Glaze "Naughty or Nice" winter collection!  As I do, I'm swatching by the the color not collection, so it's going to take me a few weeks to get through this collection.  However, I might post 2 a day, depending on how I get stuff swatched.  I really like to take my time and let you know how it applied.  I wear top coat always, so I have to say, I'm not good when it comes to a wear test - I never wear anything over a week anyway!

First up is Naughty and Nice which is listed as a deeply rich wine creme.  Deeply rich apparently means black :P  I used a base of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Naughty and Nice and a top of Seche Vite.  I did note that this polish's formula was a bit runny thick.  Now that sounds like a huge contradiction, I know.  It was like the Vintage Vixen collection - you had to wipe both sides of the brush on the neck of the bottle because at first the polish felt like it was thick but then you'd get a glob of polish that came down from the handle and splurted on your nail (if you didn't wipe it).  I also think it doesn't help that this stuff was sitting on a plane and then several trucks before it got to me, so it needs to settle a bit.  I prefer to store all my bottles standing straight up, labels out (in brand and then rainbow order.  Oh yes, I'm that specific).

Check how dark this color is!  The red near my cuticles isn't a picture flaw, it's the first coat's ending of the color.  It's just a very dark purple!

In the shade, this color is just black.  Hah.  But it's very shiny!

Just so you can see, this is what it looks like on my cotton round when I removed it.  It's a very dark plum alright - good stuff.  I think it would be great for a Christmas party with some Party Hearty layered over it!  ^_^

China Glaze [official website] can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty [official website], Sally's Beauty Supply [official website] as well asTransDesign [official website].

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.